| Name | CVE-2023-38253 |
| Description | An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in w3m, in the growbuf_to_Str function in indep.c. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a crafted HTML file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| w3m (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.5.3-19+deb8u4 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.5.3-34+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.5.3-37+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.5.3+git20230121-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| w3m | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact